Alternative
Fancy something a bit different from the norm? Something immersive, or something taking place in a caravan perhaps? Here you’ll find reviews of some of the most interesting and unique shows that we’ve seen.
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Loud Poets: Best of Fringe, Scottish Storytelling Centre – Review
with three unique performers, there is always going to be something for everyone.
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Blood and Gold, Scottish Storytelling Centre – Review
A young woman is entrusted by her dying mother with a wooden box containing all the stories and words she knows. But not prepared to listen to them again, the bereaved daughter hides the box under her bed, wanting to…
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Drawing the Line, Deptford Lounge – Review
Part game, part social experiment
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Little Death Club, Underbelly – Review
Black clad, sparkly and glamorous, Bernie Dieter is the suitably bawdy host to the Little Death Club, inspired by the Kabarett Club of the Weimar republic. Following the lifting of censorship laws the Weimar club performances were dominated by two…
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Macbeth, Jacksons Lane – Review
Sitting in a busy Jackson’s Lane auditorium five minutes in to Proteus Theatre’s Macbeth I was smiling, totally convinced by the setting and excited about what was to come. Presumably thanks to the involvement of movement consultant, George Mann, the…
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She’s A Good Boy, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
Homegrown Festival: Occupy He. She. Him. Her. They. Such little words but with so much meaning. But as Elise Heaven tells us, gender is a social construct. There are people who don’t identify as he or she, otherwise known as…
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High Rise Estate Of Mind, Battersea Arts Centre -Review
Homegrown Festival: Occupy There is an incredible buzz in the building tonight for the grand opening of Battersea Arts Centre’s Homegrown Festival: Occupy, an almost month-long takeover of this lovely old building, by under represented voices. There is nothing quite…
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Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
Only last week I was writing “how adults can instil a sense of adventure into children”. Those words rung even more true tonight as a packed audience watched in pure delight this group of youths perform; a group so clearly…
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Yamato – Passion, Peacock Theatre – Review
Formed in 1993, Yamato has performed shows every year, in 54 countries and carried out nine world tours. That should give an idea of their universal appeal and high standard of musicianship. For this show, the ten strong troupe performed…
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The Grand Expedition, Secret Location – Review
Following texted directions to the secret location “somewhere on the Victoria Line”, you make your way to a disused warehouse on the outskirts of town. Welcomed by a woman dressed as a 1930s aviator, speaking an imaginary language that hovers…